Shannon Sutton

Shannon Sutton is Senior Program Officer for Knowledge Translation with the Think Tank Initiative. Shannon holds a PhD in Business and Management from Queen Mary, University of London, a Master’s degree in International Development from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from McGill University.

She has worked with the Think Tank Initiative in various capacities since 2009, as well as with a number of international development and social economy organizations including Fairtrade Canada, La Siembra Co-operative, Guludo Eco Lodge (Mozambique) and CSV (UK).

She has conducted fieldwork on fair trade co-operatives in Tanzania, Kenya, Peru, and Panama, and her technical expertise lies in communications, governance, ethical trade, and the social economy.

About TTIX 2018

Closing almost a decade of organizational support, the Think Tank Initiative is bringing together representatives of think tanks, policymakers, donors and other research-to-policy actors for a final Think Tank Initiative Exchange.

This Exchange will build on a decade of TTI lessons, experiences and insights on the challenges of building and sustaining policy research organizations that are able to maximise the quality and effectiveness of their contributions to policy processes and to improve development outcomes in their countries and their regions.